Local Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers report they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they added.
Police then found multiple other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials report initial examinations show the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; authorities are currently not aware of any harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to resolve the incident" and have appealed to the community for information.
A senior representative said the vandalism made him without words and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing attack in 2020," he posted on social media, mentioning the killing of nine people by a gunman focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in February 2020.
